Patrick assumed that
the novel he sent to the agent at Paradigm, would be tossed or would never find
its way into Jay’s hands. Patrick simply believed that any material not
represented by an agent, lawyer or manager would ever get to someone like Jay,
regardless of its virtue.

Thanks to some
friendly persuasion by Nick, Patrick eventually wrote a little note, slipped it
inside a copy of the novel, and sent it to Paradigm…

The rest as they say
has become history…

Even after that
lesson, Patrick continued to fall back into the same thought patterns.

Patrick’s research on
another passion project regarding Errol Flynn’s last days, was looking for
individuals to interview, who may have spent time with the ailing actor during
the last week of his life in Vancouver. The trouble is that it was fifty years
ago, and many of the people involved in the story are either dead or extremely
old.

While trying to
acquire all of the details about Flynn, Patrick managed to get to know
something of the other people who were with Flynn at this time.

There was George
Caldough, who hosted Flynn and was poised to purchase the actor’s yacht.
Patrick’s research turned up that Caldough died of a heart attack at age 50
back in 1978.

There is Beverly
Aadland, who was Flynn’s 17 year old protege. He died in her arms in a West End
apartment of Dr. Grant Gould. She is still alive, but is very private and
doesn’t necessarily want to be bothered again (she has recently been
interviewed for an Australian documentary entitled “Tasmanian Devil: The Fast
and Furious Life of Errol Flynn”, and is in talks with HBO regarding a film
based on her romance with the actor).

Then there is Dr.
Grant Gould. He tried to save Errol, but to no avail. It was his apartment that
Flynn died in. What are the chances that he is still alive?

Patrick’s extensive
research over many years turned up nothing. Until now…

Patrick believed that
Dr. Grant Gould was also gone. Patrick dug some more and wanted to write an
article, with credibility. More research, phone calls and finally struck gold.

To Patrick’s delight,
Dr. Gould was still alive and well and still practices medicine, despite being
semi-retired and he is the answer to many questions Patrick’s had about the
true details regarding Flynn’s death.

From this point
forward Patrick’s new mantra, was to consider looking at all sides, exhaust all
possibilities, before jumping to conclusions.